Veruca Salt is one of the four lucky children of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She is the second golden ticket winner coming from a rich and unpleasant family.
Veruca is first seen in her father's office waiting impatiently for the golden ticket while her father's staff unwrap several Wonka bars looking for the golden ticket. Mr. Salt pleads with her to give him time, and his staff has been working for five days straight from dawn to dusk. Veruca responds in a mad tone, "Make them work nights! With no luck, she complains that they're not trying and thinks they're jealous of her. Veruca angrily tells off her father that he never gives her anything she wants and she will not go to school until the ticket is found. Until one of the staff workers found a golden ticket, Veruca grabs the ticket, and she ecstatically yells out that she's got the golden ticket; then Slugworth whispered in Veruca's ear.
Veruca is next seen with her father outside of Willy Wonka's factory; she tells him that she wants to go in first before anybody else, and Mr. Salt replied, "Anything you say, sweetheart." Veruca goes first and introduces herself to Willy Wonka, handing the ticket to him. Willy Wonka compliments how pretty her mink coat is, and she proudly replied that she's three other mink coats at home. Then they call to come into Wonka's factory and take off their coats. Veruca reacts, seeing the hand coat hanger grab her coat.
Then Veruca goes to the contract as her father attempts to tell Wonka that Veruca doesn't sign the contract. She angrily tells him that she wants to go in, and her father says that he's only trying to help her but shoved him. Then she grabbed the pen from Violet, and she retorts to her father that he's always making things difficult and signs the contract then gives the pen to Mike Teavee.
Veruca impatiently said, "Let's go in, come on!" and Wonka tells her that everything has to be in order. Veruca goes into the dead-end hallway as they all crowd in, and Veruca yells, "Let me out, or I'll scream!'
Veruca comes into the chocolate room. As the others come in, she stares in awe. As Wonka sings Pure Imagination, Veruca pushes and shoves with Violet. As they all eat candy, Veruca breaks the watermelon-sized chocolate egg and eats the chocolate.
When Wonka explained that the river is chocolate, much to Veruca's surprise. She among with the others that the workers are Oompa-Loompas. So Veruca demands to her father that she wants an Oompa-Loompa and her father tells her he'll get her one before the day's out. Veruca whined that she wants Oompa Loompa now, which annoys Violet, and she yells, "Can it you nit!" Veruca glares at Violet for insulting her.
Veruca looks on as Augustus goes into the pipe after he falls in the chocolate river. After they all go onto the Wonkatania, she initially enjoys the boat ride; she tells her father that she wants a boat like this, much to Grandpa Joe's annoyance. However, they went into the tunnel as the ride starts to get scary. Veruca couldn't take it anymore, so she cried, "Make him stop, Daddy!" Then they arrive at the inventing room; as they get off the boat, Veruca tells her father that she doesn't want a boat like this, and Mr. Salt nods in agreement.
In the inventing room, Wonka tells her that time is a precious thing never wastes it; then, he throws an alarm clock in the cauldron. Veruca tells Charlie Bucket that Wonka is absolutely bonkers, and Charlie replied that it's not bad. When Mr. Beauregarde tries to look into the Everlasting Gobstopper machine, Veruca is startled when the buzzer goes off. Veruca excitedly says that she wants an everlasting gobstopper, and so do Violet and Mike. So Wonka tells them to keep the gobstoppers to themselves and never show it to another person. Veruca crossed her fingers, and she, among the others, agreed with Wonka. Veruca complained that Violet has two gobstoppers and wants another one, so Violet yells, "Stop squawking, you twit!" and Veruca glares at her, much to Wonka's annoyance, so he tells them that one is enough for everybody.
Veruca looks on as Violet becomes a blueberry after she disobeyed Wonka. After Violet gets sent to the juicing room, Veruca and the others go to the lickable wallpaper that tastes like fruit. Veruca remarks to Wonka, whoever heard of a snozzberry, and Wonka grabbed her chin by saying, "We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Then Wonka takes them to the bubble room that makes fizzy lifting drinks. Veruca looks up to the ceiling seeing how high it is, so she, among Mike, beg Wonka to let them try a drink, but Wonka wouldn't let them because they'll be children floating all over the place.
Then at the geese egg room, Veruca tells her that she wants a goose, much to Charlie's annoyance. Wonka tells Mr. Salt and Veruca that the geese are not for sale. Then Veruca sings, "I want it now!" she throws a tantrum as the Oompa Loompas attempt to control her as she goes down the garbage chute due to being a bad egg. She wasn't seen again afterward, but she was mentioned by Charlie.
In this version, she is renamed Verushka Saltinsky, and is from Russia. She has a totally different song, which mentions her wanting to take over North Korea.
"I wanted to be the first to find a Golden Ticket, Daddy!"
[yells] "All right, where is it?! Why haven't they find it?!"
[whines] "I want it now! What's the matter with those twerps down there?"
"Make 'em work nights!"
"They’re not even trying. They don’t want to find it. They’re jealous of me."
"You promised, Daddy! You promised I'd have it the very first day!"
"I won't talk to you ever again. You're a rotten, mean father! You never give me anything I want! And I won't go to school till I have it."
"About time too! I want it!"
"Gimme that ticket! It's mine! I've found a Golden Ticket!"
"I want to go in! Don't you dare stop me!"
"Give me that pen! You're always making things difficult!"
"Let's go in! Come on!"
"LET ME OUT OR I'LL SCREAM!!!"
"Hey, Daddy, I want an Oompa Loompa. I want you to get me an Oompa Loompa right away."
"I want an Oompa Loompa now!"
"How long is he going to stay down, Daddy?"
[Complaining about Violet Beauregarde having two Everlasting Gobstoppers] "Hey, she's got two! I want another one!"
"Oh, isn't it high? Gosh!"
[To Charlie Bucket about Willy Wonka] "He's absolutely bonkers."
"Hey, Daddy. I want a golden goose."
"No, I want one of those!"
"Who says I can't?"
"I want one! I want a golden goose!"
2005 Adaptation[]
[stamping her foot and yelling] "Where's my Golden Ticket? I WANT MY GOLDEN TICKET!"
"Daddy, I want another pony."
"Daddy, I want to go in."
"Make time go faster."
"I'm Veruca Salt. It's very nice to meet you, sir."
"It sounds weird."
[staring at Violet] "What's happening to her nose?"
"You could put her in a county fair!"
"Squirrels!"
"Daddy, I want a squirrel. Get me one of those squirrels, I want one!"
"All I've got at home is one pony and two dogs and four cats and six bunny rabbits and two parakeets and three canaries and a green parrot and a turtle, and a silly old hamster! I WANT a SQUIRREL!"
"But I don't want any old squirrel! I want a *trained* squirrel!"
"Daddy!"
"If you won’t get me a squirrel, I’ll get one myself."
"I'll have you!"
"Daddy!!"
"Daddy, I want them to stop!"
"Daddy, I want a flying glass elevator!"
"But I want it!"
Gallery[]
"I WANT IT NOW! What's the matter with those twerps down there?"
Trivia[]
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